A plea deal entered into by the commonwealth and a key witness in a high profile murder trial will stand. That's the decision handed down by a judge Monday afternoon during a sentencing hearing for Alphonzo Richardson.More >>

Richardson police he helped his friend, Michael Solomon, get rid of Tameka Claiborne's body and dropped her son off at an apartment complex.

Michael Herring disagrees.

"There's this assumption out there, on the street that you can come in and you can talk to us and tell us a certain amount of lies and do it with impunity. And it's not that simple. The one thing we expect from cooperaters is to tell the truth. he didn't do that," Herring said.

A hearing was set for March. If the judge believes Richardson lied, he could sentence him to jail time, agree to the original plea deal or let Richardson withdraw his pleas and fight the charges.